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As you prepare for Lent, please see our list of events around the archdiocese. We will update our list as we receive information. MARCH 13TH-15TH 7:00 PM | Lenten Mission at St. Jude the [...]

ATLANTA—The Recognition Day Mass sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women recently brought together some 55 women and 52 young people to honor them for their work and [...]

ATLANTA—Centro Hispano Marista, also known as the Marist Hispanic Center, recently held its third commencement ceremony for 63 graduates at Marist School.

St. Andrew Church, 675 Riverside Road, Roswell When: 5:30-8 p.m. every Friday in Lent from March 3-April 7.

Archbishop Gregory talks about the joy of children in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

ATLANTA—The Fatima Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace will come to the Archdiocese of Atlanta Feb. 27 to March 4, making stops at seven parishes.

ATLANTA—Amazing Parish, a Denver-based program supporting pastors and parish leadership teams, will host a March 13-15 conference in Atlanta.

Archbishop Gregory talks about the promise of respect and obedience in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

Why do families make the commitment to send their children to a Catholic school? What makes our Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta so attractive to many families? Is it worth [...]

ATLANTA—The theme of the 2017 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, to be officially launched in parishes and missions during commitment weekend Feb. 18-19, is “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.”

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Ronald P. Herzog of Alexandria, Louisiana. Coadjutor Bishop David P. Talley of Alexandria succeeds him.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (CNS)—Saying “justice needs to be tamed by mercy,” Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine, Florida, and two brother bishops called Jan. 31 for the state of Georgia to drop the [...]

ATLANTA, GA (January 31, 2016) – Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) is deeply concerned about the recent “Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the US” signed [...]

Archbishop Gregory talks about the impact of Christian unity and ecumenical efforts in his latest column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”

Three Catholic bishops from Florida and Georgia will hold an 11 a.m. joint news conference on Tuesday, January 31, at the Richmond County Courthouse in Augusta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of [...]

QUINCY, Ill. (CNS)—On the morning of Dec. 10 in a cemetery in Quincy, Father Augustus Tolton’s cause for canonization took one step further as his remains were exhumed and verified. Father [...]

In July, following the shooting deaths of black men by law enforcement and multiple killings of police officers, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instituted a Special Task Force for Peace [...]

WASHINGTON (CNS)—New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said the Scripture passage he chose to read at the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president—Wisdom chapter 9 in which King Solomon [...]

ATLANTA—More than 750 Pinecrest Academy students and their families, along with faculty and staff at the Catholic school, served on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at the Feed My Starving Children [...]

Archbishop Gregory discusses the truth of the Christmas mystery in his column, “What I Have Seen and Heard.”